A couple in Stöðvarfjörður is expecting their costs due to the closure of the only maternity ward in East Iceland this summer to run into the hundreds of thousands. They will have to travel north to be close to an open maternity ward in the weeks leading up to their due date. "The feeling of going from wanting to have my baby at home, I had looked into that option but it's not available in this part of the country. To that, OK, it's just going t…
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A couple in Stöðvarfjörður is expecting their costs due to the closure of the only maternity ward in East Iceland this summer to run into the hundreds of thousands. They will have to travel north to be close to an open maternity ward in the weeks leading up to their due date. "The feeling of going from wanting to have my baby at home, I had looked into that option but it's not available in this part of the country. To that, OK, it's just going t…